Complete Clue List
Across
1. US lawyer, a cabinet officer of the Confederate States; ___ Philip Benjamin QC
4. Informal term for prisons on warships (Plural)
7. A soldier considered to be in good shape was "as fit ___ fiddle" (Two words 2,1)
8. Arkansas skirmish May 1-2, 1863; Battle of ___ Bluff (Hint: White soft earthy limestone)
9. Oldest house in Brownsville, illustrative of Civil War era (Hint: Genuflect homonym); The ___ House
10. Also known as the Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10 1861; Battle of ___ Hills
11. (With 24A) Skirmish at Louisiana's capital, August 5, 1862; Battle of ___ (First word)
14. Loot or property taken from the enemy (Singular)
17. Major General, nicknamed "Old Snapping Turtle", commanded the Army of the Potomac; George G ___
20. Also known as the Battle of Leesburg, October 21, 1861; Battle of ___ Bluff (Possessive)
23. Conflict
24. (With 11A) Skirmish at Louisiana's capital, August 5, 1862; Battle of ___ (Second word)
25. Union Major General, fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter; ___ Doubleday
26. Part of Union General Sickles' anatomy, blown off by cannon, on display at Nat. Museum of Health
27. Not big, British Major General, led 84th Regiment of Foot during American Revolution; John ___
28. Type of element represented by chlorine & mustard, used as weapons in WWI (Plural)
Down
1. Union Army Major General & the 28th governor of Ohio; ___ Dolson Cox
2. Disturbances sparked by the New York conscription lotteries of 1863; ___ Riots
3. King of Norway 1217-63 during civil war between the Baglers & Birkebeiners; ___ Hakonarson
4. Union General & 24th Governor of Massachusetts; Nathaniel Prentice ___
5. The "Gem" State, involved in the US Civil War
6. Hollow projectile fired from a cannon
12. Commonly shortened Christian name of the US President during the US Civil War
13. Also known as Beattie's Prairie, October 18, 1862; Battle of ___ Fort Wayne (Hint: Not young)
15. Also known as the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, March 7-8, 1862; Battle of ___ Ridge
16. Typhoid, dysentery & malaria rife during the US Civil War, they were inclined to make one ___
17. Action in Arkansas, April 25, 1864; Battle of ___ Mills (Hint: Blemishes)
18. Exchange of cannon fire on Potomac River in Stafford County, Virginia; Battle of ___ Creek
19. Senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee; Richard Stoddert ___
20. Confederate General, commander of the Army of Mississippi; Braxton ___
21. Fortifications built by armies during blockades; Siege ___
22. Ethnic group, under the influence of Slobodan Milosevic during the Yugoslav Wars 1991-2001